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shorth

shorth noun: the shortest interval containing a specified fraction (typically a half) of a distribution.

Noun

shorth (plural shorths)

  1. The shortest interval containing a specified fraction (typically a half) of a distribution
    • To estimate the mode of a (distance) distribution, we used the midpoint of the shorth (the shortest interval that covers half the values).2009 January 25, Wu Wei Zhenyu Xu et al., “Bidirectional promoters generate pervasive transcription in yeast”, in Nature, volume 457, number 7232, →DOI, pages 1033–1037

Forms of shorth

pluralshorths

Origin of shorth

Abbreviation of "shortest half"

Questions about shorth

What does shorth mean?
Shorth means the shortest interval containing a specified fraction (typically a half) of a distribution.
What part of speech is shorth?
Shorth is a noun.
What is the plural of shorth?
The plural of shorth is shorths.

Words near shorth in the dictionary

  1. shortgevity
  2. shortgown
  3. shortgowns
  4. shortgrass
  5. shortgrasses
  6. shorth
  7. shorthair
  8. shorthaired
  9. shorthairs
  10. shorthand
  11. shorthand typist

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